Improvement in fishing-apparatus



0. M. FULLER. Improvement in Fishing Apparatus.

Patented Jan-e30, 1872- @ummm Unrrnn STATES PATENT Grrrcn.

ORANGE M. FULLER, OF OATASAUQUA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN FISHING-APPARATUS.

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,164, dated January30, 1872.

Speciiication describing a new andlniproved Fishin g Apparatus, inventedby ORANGE. M. FULLER, ot' Oatasauqua, in the county of Lehigh and Stateoi' Pennsylvania.

My invention consists of afloat from Which the line is suspended by atrip-lever and spring in such a manner that when a sh takes hold of thehook and pulls on the line, the spring Will be tripped by the lever andthe tish will be hooked; also a Weighted arm, held in a horiv zontalpositition by the spring, will be let fall to raise a nag as a signalthat a fish is taken, and the hook will be pulled in by the spring, soas to fasten the sh,the said lioat being connected by a long line to areel in the hands of the operator, to be pulled in by him to secure thetish, all being arranged as hereinafter more fully described.

Figure l is a side elevation of the apparatus with a part broken out,and Fig. 2 is a plan of the bottom ot' said apparatus.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

A is the doat, consisting of a light piece of board about three feetlong, more or less. B is the line, coiled through eyes at G at one endon the under side of the tloat, to belet out, more or less, according tothe depth of the Water. D is a staple to which an elastic strap, D, ofIndia rubber is attached, and through which theliue extends from thecoil. Said spring has arin g, E, in the other end, which is stretchedtoward the other end of the float and hooked on the staple F under thetripping-spring G, and the line is made fast to the ring at H afterbeing sufficiently let out. It passes through an eye, J, in the free endofthe lever, and thence hangs down through the eye K suspended from theend of the lioat. The free end of the trip-le- Ver passes through a longguide-staple, L, ar-

ranged to allor it to swing down considerably. M is a flag-staff',pivoted at N through a vertical slot in the iloat, near about thecenter, and having a Weight, O, and iiag P at the other. This is soarranged that when the spring is stretched onto the staples the ballwill be held up by the spring in a cavityin said oat, while the flagWill lie down on the top.

When a fish takes hold of the hook and pulls on the line the trip-leverwill be pulled down and will force the ring E ol the staples F. Thespring will then contract and pull up the hook, and the Weights O willfall and raise the signal ijag t-o show that a fish has been hooked.

In case the water is shallow the line below the eye K may be held up bya cork-float, R, as indicated. The operation will be the saine in thiscase, for the line passing down from the end of the trip-lever throughthe eye K, Will pull said leverdown in the. saine Way when a lish iscaught.

This simple apparatus may be sent out from the shore or boat in anydirection, with any amount of line to be hauled in by the reel, and Willbe very eicient and useful, especially as it Will not frighten the iish.

Havingthus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the ioat, hook and line,spring, and trip-lever, all arranged substantially as specified.

2. The combination of the iioat, weighted signal-lever, and the spring,substantially as specied.

ORANGE M. FULLER.

Witnesses:

J. S. LAWALL, EDWIN ScHLAUon.

